Claiborne-Dallas-Boggs family

The Claiborne-Dallas-Pell family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members:

• Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812), member of the Virginia Legislature, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1793-1799 1801-1805. Father of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne.^[1]
  • Alexander J. Dallas (1759–1817), Secretary of Pennsylvania 1791-1801, U.S. District Attorney in Pennsylvania 1801-1814, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1814-1816. Father of George M. Dallas.^[2]
  • William C.C. Claiborne (1775–1817), delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention 1796, Tennessee State Court Judge 1796, U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1797-1801, Governor of Mississippi Territory 1801-1804, Governor of the Territory of Orleans 1804-1812, Governor of Louisiana 1812-1816, U.S. Senator from Louisiana 1817. Nephew of Thomas Claiborne.^[3]
  • Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (1777–1859), member of the Virginia Legislature, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1825-1837. Nephew of Thomas Claiborne.^[4]
  • John Claiborne (1777–1808), U.S. Representative from Virginia 1805-1808. Son of Thomas Claiborne.^[5]
  • Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856), Tennessee State Representative 1811-1815 1831-1833, U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1817-1819. Son of Thomas Claiborne.^[6]
    • George M. Dallas (1792–1864), Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1829; U.S. District Attorney in Pennsylvania 1829-1831; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 1831-1833; Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1833-1835; U.S. Minister to Russia 1837-1839; Vice President of the United States 1845-1849; U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1856-1861. Son of Alexander J. Dallas and great-great-granduncle of Claiborne Pell.^[7]
    • John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1807–1884), member of the Mississippi Legislature, U.S. Representative from Mississippi 1835-1837 1837-1838. Nephew of William C.C. Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne.^[8]
      • Robert J. Walker (1801–1869), U.S. Senator from Mississippi 1835-1845, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1845-1849, Governor of Kansas Territory 1857. Nephew by marriage of George M. Dallas.^[9]
        • Benjamin Harris Brewster (1816–1888), Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1867-1868, Attorney General of the United States 1882-1885. Son-in-law of Robert J. Walker.^[10]
          • Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. (1884–1961), U.S. Representative from New York 1919-1921, Chairman of the New York Democratic Committee 1921-1926, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1924, U.S. Minister to Hungary 1941-1942. Great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne.^[11]
          • Hale Boggs (1914–1972), U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1941-1943 1947-1972, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1948, candidate for Governor of Louisiana 1952. Husband of Corinne C. Boggs.^[12]
          • Corinne C. Boggs (1916-), U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1973-1991, U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican 1997-2001. Great-great-grandniece of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne.^[13]
            • Claiborne Pell (1918–2009), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1961-1997. Son of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr.^[14]
            • Barbara B. Sigmund (1939–1990), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1980, candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from New Jersey 1982, Mayor of Princeton, New Jersey 1983-1990. Daughter of Hale Boggs and Corinne C. Boggs.^[15]
            • Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (1940-), candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 1970. Son of Hale Boggs and Corinne C. Boggs.^[16]

NOTE: Robert J. Walker was also grandson-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Benjamin Franklin^[17] and son of U.S. District Court Judge Jonathan Hoge Walker.^[18] Corinne C. Boggs is also a distant relative of U.S. Representative Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr..

See also

• List of United States political families

References

1. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000406
2. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#RDH0PT7RA
3. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000408
4. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#R9M0ISJEK
5. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000403
6. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#R9M0ISJI5
7. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000011
8. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#R9M0ISJB1
9. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#R9M0JGFXM
10. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewster.html#RAL0XQNAE
11. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000194
12. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000594
13. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000592
14. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000193
15. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#0FT1A9N9B
16. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#18Z04XGQL
17. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#RAU0KS3O8
18. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#0UX016Q97